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Royal Bank Of Scotland, 67-69 High Street, Irvine

A Category B Listed Building in Irvine, North Ayrshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6141 / 55°36'50"N

Longitude: -4.6665 / 4°39'59"W

OS Eastings: 232156

OS Northings: 638840

OS Grid: NS321388

Mapcode National: GBR 38.M87G

Mapcode Global: WH2P3.943Z

Plus Code: 9C7QJ87M+J9

Entry Name: Royal Bank Of Scotland, 67-69 High Street, Irvine

Listing Name: 67 and 69 High Street, Royal Bank of Scotland

Listing Date: 14 April 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 380007

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35426

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Irvine, 67-69 High Street, Royal Bank Of Scotland

ID on this website: 200380007

Location: Irvine

County: North Ayrshire

Town: Irvine

Electoral Ward: Irvine West

Traditional County: Ayrshire

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Description

Peddie and Kinnear (signed), dated 1856. 3-storey, 3-bay Italianate palazzo-style bank. Ashlar sandstone. Base course; round-arched openings to 1st and 2nd floor with carved spandrel panels, dividing cornice and cill band, guilloche frieze to entablature, dentils and modillioned eaves cornice; panelled and rusticated quoins: architraved openings.

HIGH STREET ELEVATION: tripartite arcade to centre bay with centre arch blocked (cash machine) and windows in flanks; semicircular fanlight in doorway to left, heraldic panel over door to left, each in pilaster- flanked, console corniced frames with carved spandrels and paterae frieze. Corniced tripartite window arcade at 1st floor centre, flanked by similarly detailed single windows. 2nd floor windows grouped as below but smaller and shouldered with bracketed cills.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates to piended roof. Corniced ashlar wallhead stacks to sides.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1996.

Statement of Interest

The Peddie and Kinnear 'PK' cipher appears on the top quoin to left of principal elevation, with datestone on the opposite quoin to right. The Italianate form complements that of the Town Hall over the road to south.

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